NRW-Express

RE 1 NRW-Express
Overview
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 480 (Aachen–Köln)
  • 415 (Köln–Hamm)
  • 430 (Hamm–Warburg)
Technical
Line length296 km (184 mi)
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Route map

0
Aachen Main Station
2
Aachen-Rothe Erde
6
Aachen-Eilendorf
(extra peak hour services only)
10
Stolberg (Westphalia) Main Station
13
Eschweiler Main Station
21
Langerwehe
31
Düren Main Station
ICE, IC
52
Horrem Station
67
Cologne-Ehrenfeld
Tram
70
Cologne Main Station
THA, ICE, IC, Tram
71
Cologne Tradefair/Deutz
ICE, Tram
75
Cologne-Mülheim
Tram
83
Leverkusen Downtown
100
Dusseldorf-Benrath
U
110
Dusseldorf Main Station
THA, ICE, IC, U
117
Dusseldorf Airport
ICE, IC, Sky Train
134
Duisburg Main Station
THA, ICE, IC, U, Tram
144
Mülheim (Westphalia) Main Station
IC, Tram, U
153
Essen (Westphalia) Main Station
THA, ICE, IC, U, Tram
162
Bochum-Wattenscheid
169
Bochum Main Station
THA, ICE, IC, Tram, U
187
Dortmund Main Station
THA, ICE, IC, U
193
Dortmund-Scharnhorst
(not every hour)
197
Dortmund-Kurl
199
Kamen-Kamen-Methler
203
Kamen
210
Bönen-Nordbögge
(not every hour)
218
Hamm (Westfalia) Main Station
ICE, IC
243
Soest
(until 2016)
ICE, IC
264
Lippstadt
(until 2016)
ICE, IC
296
Paderborn Hbf
(until 2016)
ICE, IC
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The NRW-Express is a Regional-Express rail service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Aachen via Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Bochum and Dortmund to Hamm as line RE 1. The line is part of the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) network and is operated by National Express.

The service has one of the highest levels of patronage in Germany with about 110,000 passengers per day, mainly commuters and students.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.